DIVISION OF PUBLICATIOlSrS. 



273 



FOREIGN MAIL. 



Requests for sending publications to foreign countries are attended 

 to in this office. During the fiscal year just ended 44,049 packages 

 of publications were forwarded to foreign addresses. The aggregate 

 weight of same was 22,560.5 pounds, requiring $1,646.75 for postage. 

 There was a decrease of 14,497 in the number of packages over the 

 number sent last year, but the weight increased 760 pounds. The 

 increase in weight caused an increase in postage of $73 over the 

 amount expended during the previous year 



A statement showing in detail the record of the foreign mail is 

 given below: 



Summary of the foreign mail for the year ended June 30 1915. 



Divisions. 



Packages requiring post- 



% 

 ® 



^ 



o 



Packages sent 

 through the 

 Smithsonian. 





■a 



^ 



> 



Total. 



•a 



•a 



> 



Animal Industry 



Biological Survey 



Chemistry 



Crop Estimates 



Entomology 



Office of Experiment Stations. 



Forest Service 



Journal of Agricultural Research. 



Library 



Markets 



Plant Industry 



Publications 



Roads 



Secretary 



Soils 



Total 



Total for fiscal year 1914 



Total for fiscal year 1915 



Gain during the fiscal year 

 1915 



1,459 



56 



1,751 



2,862 



2,547 



7,954 



88 



2,745 



9,711 



238 



1,512 



4 



17 



2,040 



325 



Lbs. Ozs. 



445 4 



16 10 



481 14 



508 



805 10 



6,880 



25 



2,711 



3,880 12 



36 12 



865 



1 10 



5 



14 



307 

 168 



$35.62 



1.33 



38.55 



40.68 



64.45 



550. 42 



2.14 



216.95 



310.46 



2.94 



69.21 



.13 



.44 



24.57 



13.46 



1,110 

 262 

 569 



1,538 



1,959 



324 



207 



1 



3,003 

 76 

 367 

 13 

 180 

 721 

 410 



Lbs. 



704 



134 



328 



746 



942 



169 



115 



1 



1,554 



31 



194 



7 



92 



283 



210 



$35. 



6. 

 16. 

 37. 

 47. 



8. 



5. 



77! 

 1. 

 9. 



4! 

 14. 

 10. 



33,309 



17,140 10 



1,371.25:10,740 



5,510 



275.50 



45, 352 

 33,309 



15, 978 2 

 17,140 10 



1,278.25|13,194 

 ,371.2510,740 



5,910 

 5,510 



295.50 

 275. 50 



0) 



1,162 8 93.00 



(2) 



(2) 



(2) 



2,569 



318 

 2,320 

 4,400 

 4,506 

 8,278 



295 



2,746 



12,714 



314 



1,879 



17 



197 

 2,761 



735 



Lbs. Ozs. 

 1,149 4 



150 



809 

 1,254 

 1,747 

 7,049 



140 



2,712 



5,434 



67 



1,059 



97 

 590 

 378 



$70. 82 



8.03 



54.95 



78.18 



111.55 



558. 87 



5.69 



217.00 



388. 16 



4.49 



78.91 



.48 



6.04 



38.72 



23.96 



44, 049 



22,650 10 



1,646.75 



58,546 

 44,049 



21,888 2 

 22,650 10 



1,573.75 

 1,646.75 



(}) 



762 8 



73.00 



1 Decrease of 12,043 packages requiring postage. 

 ' Decrease of 254 packages weighing 400 pounds. 



3 Decrease in total number of packages, 14,495. 



The Smithsonian Institution is reimbursed from the department's 

 contingent fund at the rate of 5 cents per pound. 



22814°— AGE 1915 18 



